| Latehar district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Jharkhand |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Latehar |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Palamu |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Latehar |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 3659.59 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 726,978 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 59.51 per cent |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 964 |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Bhor Singh Yadav, IAS |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name1: | Chatra (shared with Chatra district) |
| Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name2: | 2 Latehar Assembly constituency, Manika Assembly constituency |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Website: | http://latehar.nic.in/ |
| Leader Title3: | Latehar MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Baidyanath Ram, JMM |
| Leader Title4: | Manika MLA |
| Leader Name4: | Ramchandra Singh, INC |
Latehar district is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Latehar town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is part of Palamu division.
Latehar district is situated on longitude 84° 31' E and 23° 44.4' N latitude. The area of the district is 3660 km², with a population of 726,978 (2011 census).
The territory covered by the present district became a part of Palamu district, when it formed on 1 January 1928. Latehar district was created on 4 April 2001 by separating the erstwhile Latehar subdivision of Palamu district. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.[1]
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Latehar district consists of 9 blocks. The following are the list of the blocks in Latehar district:
In 2006 the Indian government named Latehar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[3]
There are 9 development blocks, namely Latehar, Chandwa, Balumath, Bariyatu, Herhanj, Manika, Barwadih, Garu and Mahuadanr
There are two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Manika and Latehar. Both are part of Chatra Lok Sabha constituency.
According to the 2011 census Latehar district has a population of 726,978.[4] Roughly equal to the nation of Bhutan[5] or the US state of Alaska.[6] This gives it a ranking of 499th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 200PD/sqkm.[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.38%.[4] Latehar has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 59.51%. 7.13% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.31% and 45.54% of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 40.60% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 27.10% Sadri, 18.31% Kurukh, 6.04% Magahi and 5.09% Urdu as their first language.[7]